The Wolves of Willoughby Chase : 60th Anniversary Edition

Author: Aiken, Joan

Interest age: from c 11 years

Published on 2 July 2015 by Penguin Random House Children's UK (Puffin) in the United Kingdom as part of 'the A Puffin Book' series.

Rediscover the A Puffin Book series and bring the best-loved classics to a new generation - including this special edition of The Wolves of Willoughby Chase.

It's 19th Century England, Good King James III is on the throne, and the whole country is ravaged by wolves which have migrated through the newly-opened Channel Tunnel.

When young orphans Bonnie and Sylvia get caught by the governess, Miss Slighcarp - they need their wits and Simon the goose-boy - to escape unscathed.

For Miss Slighcarp is more cruel and merciless than the wolves that surround the great house of Willoughby Chase. . .